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Fireman Samantha and her pretty, pretty pink helmet

September 17, 2011 By Ellen

Last Sunday, pandering to Boy Three’s Fireman Sam fixation, we visited our local fire station which was taking part in the Doors Open Day scheme.  There were fire engines, Blaze the Bear being rescued from a tower, a bouncy castle (who knew fire stations had them?), avuncular firefighers, corpulent firefighters and, even, some mildly decorative […]

Filed Under: feminist Friday, gender roles, sexism

Feminist Friday: boys will be children and so will girls

May 27, 2011 By Ellen

Girls and boys go out to play When Boy One was born I had lots of notions about parenting. He would eat the same food as me, I’d discuss things reasonably instead of dictating and there would be no gender stereotyping. Eleven years on, I realise how naive that was and how complex the area […]

Filed Under: boys, feminsm, gender roles, sexism

Introducing Housework Half Hour and why I should take up curling

November 6, 2010 By Ellen

Boy One thinks I should be in the Olympics – the curling team, no less. I’d like to be flattered by his assessment of my athletic prowess despite never having curled in my life, not even my hair (well OK there was once with a spiral perm, but I’m trying to forget that). “I’ve never […]

Filed Under: family, housework, housework half hour, sexism

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